United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence: United for Human Rights
United States Declaration of Independence (1776) In 1776, Thomas Jefferson penned the American Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776, the United States Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. Its primary author, Thomas Jefferson, wrote the Declaration as a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and as a statement announcing that the thirteen American Colonies were no longer a part of the British Empire. Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms.
This edible water blob could replace plastic bottles
What's one solution to the growing problem of plastic water bottle waste? A trio of Spanish design students think they have the answer, and it involves creating a "water bottle" that you can eat, reports Co.Exist. Designers Rodrigo García González, Guillaume Couche and Pierre Paslier call their creation "Ooho," a gelatinous blob that is actually a membrane that encapsulates water like a bladder. When you're thirsty, just puncture the membrane and drink. Or, if you also have an appetite, just pop a bite-sized Ooho in your mouth and chomp down for a burst of hydration. The gooey membrane, made from brown algae and calcium chloride, is edible, hygienic and biodegradable.
Rent or Buy? The Math Is Changing
Photo Billy Gasparino and Jenna Dillon-Gasparino were savvy enough to wait out the housing boom of a decade ago as renters. Not until 2010, well into the bust, did they buy a house in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles, less than a mile from the beach, for $810,000.
Interview: Jimmy Carter, Author Of 'A Call To Arms'
Prakash Methema/AFP/Getty Images Editor's note: To hear our full interview with Jimmy Carter, tune into Weekend Edition on Sunday, March 23. President Jimmy Carter has written more than two dozen books over the course of his career, about everything from the art of aging to how to achieve peace in the Middle East.
Does Teaching Kids To Get 'Gritty' Help Them Get Ahead?
hide captionAt the Lenox Academy in Brooklyn, N.Y., educators try to teach kids to see struggle as a normal part of learning. Tovia Smith/NPR At the Lenox Academy in Brooklyn, N.Y., educators try to teach kids to see struggle as a normal part of learning.
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Image 1: The standard model of particle physics Since all the talk about the Higgs boson started, a lot of people now understand what the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which is situated at the CERN in Geneva does: It accelerates protons to a speed near the speed of light and smashes them into each other. This destroys the proton and creates lots of smaller particles which are then analysed by the CERN’s detectors, which are the ATLAS, CMS and LHCb detectors. How is it possible, that a small a particle as the proton can produce a myriad of other, quite distinct and different particles? Or, if one poses the question in another way, what exactly is inside a proton?
Journal of Political Ecology
Volume 21 (2014) Articles (abstracts are at the end of each PDF file) The biopolitics of 'food insecurity': towards a critical political ecology of the body in studies of women's transnational migration. By Megan A. Carney. Pp 1-18.
Conrad Hal Waddington
Conrad Hal Waddington CBE FRS FRSE (8 November 1905–26 September 1975) was a British developmental biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher who laid the foundations for systems biology. He had wide interests that included poetry and painting, as well as left-wing political leanings. In his book The Scientific Attitude (1941), he touched on political topics such as central planning and praised marxism as a "profound scientific philosophy". Life[edit]
606 - A Cucumber Map of Europe
"A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing", said Samuel Johnson . The lexicographer's wit is as piquant as the cucumber's taste is bland. The humble fruit is about 95% water and not terribly high in nutrients, so perhaps its detractors have a point.
Map of Europe in Year 1000
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The Great British class calculator: What class are you?
3 April 2013Last updated at 04:00 GMT Traditional British social divisions of upper, middle and working class seem out of date in the 21st Century, no longer reflecting modern occupations or lifestyles. The BBC teamed up with sociologists from leading universities to analyse the modern British class system. They surveyed more than 161,000 people and came up with a new model made up of seven groups. To find out where you fit in use this calculator below.
MOOC Mania: Debunking the hype around massive open online courses
Illustration by Jacob Thomas In the fall of 2011, Stanford University offered three of its engineering courses—Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Introduction to Databases—for free online. Anyone with Internet access could sign up for them. As Sebastian Thrun, the director of Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, tells the story, he assumed just a handful of people would enroll in his graduate-level AI class.
Zeitgeist. The specific attitudes of a particular time or period. Found in Glossary: 2011 - (Jesson, et al.) Doing Your Literature Review: Traditional and Systematic Techniques by raviii Apr 16